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Same here.

How long did it take you? Im about to do the same any tips? Im going to be using the Cyclo.

It took me about 5 or 6 hours, but that was just the actual paint correction and not the prep work. 

Thanks Dan!

It sounds like it will be a perfect fit for the DD BMW.  Can someone walk me through the "wet" and "dry" method? 

I'm going to get some either way.  I'm sure I'll use it a lot on the DD BMW, as well as on customer's cars.  Would putting Americana or Buttery Wax on top of H2O Guard and Gloss be okay, or would that be unnecessary?

I have a garage queen Trans Am WS6.  It always gets the Brilliant Glaze and Americana Wax treatment.  The car gets driven on the weekends and only during nice weather.  I was just curious if H2O Guard and Gloss would be something I could add to the detail regimen, or is it better suited for a car that gets daily driven? 

You could also just use Dawn dish soap, as that will remove any old wax when you wash it. 

Thanks guys!  The BMW clear was by far harder than anything I've worked with before.  Over the weekend, while I had it out in direct sunlight, I noticed I need to go back over the trunk lid area again.  The rest of the car looked flawless. 

I've needed to do this for a long time now, but with being so busy with customer's vehicles, it's hard to find time.  Well, yesterday I finally had time, so I did a much needed paint correction on my wife's BMW.  The paint was pretty bad, as it had a lot of spider webbing.  The previous owner obviously did not know the proper way to wash a vehicle.  I used the Adams paint correcting polish with the new gen. 6 matching orange pad.  Since the car is black, I probably need to follow it up with the Adams finishing polish with matching white pad, but honestly, the paint correcting polish finished down extremely well.  One thing I do have to say is that BMW clear-coat is hard, and I mean hard.  Most of my corrections have been done on GM and Dodge's, and the clear coat on them has been much softer.  Still, it was nothing the Adams paint correcting polish couldn't handle.  It just took a little more time working the paint with the dual action.  Anyway, here are some pictures of the finished product. 

Paint correction I did on my wife's BMW.

Adams used to have an aerosol paint sealant.  They don't make it anymore, but I still have a bottle of it that I use. 

Based on the paint corrections I've done, Adams paint correcting polish with the matching orange pad removes all imperfections and finishes down so well there really isn't a need a second stage product, like Adams finishing polish with white pad. 

Adam's doesn't sell an All-In-One for production work - you would want to save the Adam's products for your higher end correction jobs - plenty of good All-In-One's on the market

That's what I typically do.  Adams gets used on the high end cars/trucks/SUV's that have nearly flawless paint.  My Trans Am WS6 and the wife's BMW 325xi always get the Adams treatment. 

When Buttery was reformulated about a year or so ago, one of the "selling points" was that there were more/better fillers than the previous formula.  How much/what types/etc compared to the old version, is not certain, but yes, there are some filling properties of Buttery.  

 

Brilliant Glaze is probably your best bet for masking light swirls but it isn't super durable and would need topped with something, such as Americana or Buttery to hold it in place.  

 

Speaking of light swirls, if they're light enough to mask, they are certainly light enough to polish away.  Why just cover them up?  Fix 'em!

 

Back to the original question of "Cleaner/Wax", it was always my understanding that these products have a mild abrasive and/or some solvents added to them so they clean the surface and then as they dry, the wax part is left behind for you to buff off.  I guess they work well under specific circumstances, but as I mentioned above, if defects are light enough to cover up, they really should be fixed.  

 

Just my .02  

I agree with you about fixing them, and if it were my own vehicle, that's what I would do.  I'm referring to 90% of the business I get.  They don't want a paint correction.  They just want a nice detail with some fresh wax. 

Most of my customers are only looking for a full detail and application of wax.  The other very small percent want a full paint correction, and are okay with paying a high price for what that work entails, as well as the amazing end result.  I was looking at adding another package where I would use something like Mequiar's Paint Reconditioning Cream, which is kind of like an all in one product that will correct paint (not as well as a traditional paint correction), but will remove a lot of the paint's imperfections.  Obviously the price for this package would not be as high a two stage paint correction, but it might target the population that isn't looking for perfection or willing to pay that cost. 

I"m referring to products like Meguiars Color X, DodDo Juice Need For Speed, etc.  They are cleaner wax/sealants/hybrids that are designed to be used on cars with less than perfect paint. 

Okay, coming from a guy who has never used this product before, explain to me the two different methods of application and when one is better to use over the other?

Was just curious if Adams Buttery wax is classified as a "cleaner wax".  I try and use a cleaner wax on most of the vehicles I detail that do not have perfect, or very good paint.  Now on vehicles that have nearly perfect/perfect paint, they get the Americana treatment.  I know that "cleaner waxes" are designed to help fill in some of the paint's imperfections, but wasn't sure if Adams buttery wax does that or not. 

Thanks guys.  This guy had never had the truck professionally detailed before, so when he saw it, he was truly amazed.  He had tried to detail it himself a few times, but he never got the truck to look like that.  He said he always had what looked to be like swirl marks after he removed the wax, which meant he never really got all the wax off the truck.  Very noticeable on a black vehicle.   

Yeah, I wish I had one.  I was looking to get one about a year ago, but I would have had to sell my 02 Trans Am WS6.  Instead, I bought a used 2001 Silverado 1500. 

I've never used Patriot, but Americana is pretty much all I use.  To me, it's the best wax on the market.  I honestly don't know what the difference is between the two, but I do remember when I bought my last container of Americana, the Patriot wax was a lot more expensive. 

07 LBZ Duramax. 

Got the chance to detail a beautiful 2007 Chevy Silverado LBZ Duramax.  The truck was in pretty decent shape, but the paint has some spider webbing/marring.  The owner plans to bring it back sometime this Fall for me to do a paint correction, but in the meantime, he just wanted a good detail and a fresh coat of wax.  Needless to say, he was extremely happy with the end result.  Once again, the Adams line of products did what they do time in and time out. 

Anyone who knows me knows I'm a GM guy, particularly a LSx guy.  With that said, my business, GST Auto Detail, will detail anything you got.  I was actually pretty impressed with the new Mustang.  This one was a 4 cylinder ecoboost model, but the interior on this thing was outstanding and ecstatically, I think the new Mustangs look better than the new Camaros.  The paint on this car was near perfect, so I treated it with the Brilliant Glaze and Americana Wax.  I prefer to us a "cleaner wax" on cars that have spider-webbing and marring, but there was none of that on this car.  The owner was really impressed with how well it turned out.  He even requested that I send him this picture below.  Thanks again to Adams products for producing outstanding products that make my job so much easier.   

Here is a Mustang that got the same treatment over the weekend.